List of personalities of the city of Ottawa
This list includes people who were born in the Canadian capital, Ottawa .
1801-1900
- Elkanah Billings (1820–1876), paleontologist; Lawyer and journalist
- Hector-Louis Langevin (1826-1906), politician
- Theodore Arthur Burrows (1857–1929), politician and entrepreneur
- Alexander Cameron Rutherford (1857–1941), politician
- Alfred Ernest Fripp (1866–1938), politician
- Andrew Taylor (1875-1945), mountaineer
- William Smith (1877-1953), marksman
- James McGee (1879-1904), ice hockey and Canadian football player
- Fred Lambart (1880-1946), mountaineer
- Frank McGee (1882-1916), ice hockey player
- JR Tremblay (1883–1959), actor and author
- Éva Gauthier (1885–1958), singer
- Frank Patrick (1885–1960), ice hockey player, trainer and official
- Frank Ahearn (1886–1962), ice hockey manager
- Tommy Gorman (1886–1961), ice hockey player
- Jack Darragh (1890-1924), ice hockey player
- Eddie Gerard (1890–1937), ice hockey player and coach
- Clint Benedict (1892–1976), ice hockey player
- Punch Broadbent (1892–1971), ice hockey player
- Oscar O'Brien (1892–1958), composer, arranger, organist, pianist and music teacher
- Duncan Campbell Scott (1892–1947), poet and storyteller
- Dai Vernon (1894-1992), magician
- Henri Belleau (1896–1976), Roman Catholic religious, Vicar Apostolic of James Bay
- Buck Boucher (1896–1960), ice hockey player
- Bill Rooney (1896-1988) American football player
- John Christopher Cody (1899–1963), Roman Catholic Bishop of London, Ontario
1901-1930
- Frank Boucher (1901–1977), ice hockey player
- Aurèle Joliat (1901–1986), ice hockey player
- Alex Connell (1902-1958), ice hockey player
- King Clancy (1903–1986), ice hockey player
- Francis Amyot (1904–1962), canoeist and Olympic champion in 1936
- Ebbie Goodfellow (1906–1985), ice hockey player
- Thomas Moon (1908–1986), American ice hockey player
- John Tuzo Wilson (1908–1993), geophysicist and geologist
- John Newman (1910-1967), ice hockey player
- Syd Howe (1911–1976), ice hockey player
- George Tremblay (1911–1982), composer
- Johana Harris (1912–1995), pianist, composer and music teacher
- Kilby MacDonald (1914–1986), ice hockey player
- Lorne Greene (1915-1987), actor
- Albert Renaud (1920–2012), ice hockey player and coach
- John Michael Beahen (1922–1988), Auxiliary Bishop in Ottawa
- Jeanne Landry (1922–2011), pianist and composer
- Lorenzo Rodolfo Guibord Lévesque (1923-2007), Roman Catholic bishop
- Bill Richards (1923–1995), violinist and composer
- Ted Hibberd (1926-2017), ice hockey player
- Suzanne Cloutier (1927–2003), actress
- Robert Marie Gay (1927-2016), bishop
- Clayton Kenny (1928-2015), boxer
- Barbara Ann Scott (1928–2012), figure skater
1931-1950
- Donald Stovel Macdonald PC CC (1932–2018), lawyer and Liberal Party politician
- Brian Kilrea (born 1934), ice hockey player
- Leneen Forde (* 1935), Australian-Canadian politician
- Rich Little (born 1938), comedian
- Margaret Atwood (born 1939), writer
- Anne Heggtveit (* 1939), ski racer
- Jean-Louis Plouffe (* 1940), Roman Catholic clergyman, bishop emeritus of Sault Sainte Marie
- Paul Anka (* 1941), singer
- Timothy Bond (* 1942), film director and screenwriter
- Frances Itani (* 1942), writer and poet
- Gérald Tremblay (* 1942), politician and manager
- François Dompierre (* 1943), composer
- Nancy Greene (* 1943), ski racer
- Margriet von Oranien-Nassau (* 1943), Princess of the Netherlands
- Sasha Sokolov (* 1943), Russian writer
- Barbara Keyfitz (* 1944), mathematician
- Peter Leitch (* 1944), jazz guitarist
- Gary Smith (born 1944), ice hockey player
- Bruce Cockburn (* 1945), folk musician
- Shulamith Firestone (1945-2012), feminist
- William Halperin (* 1945), Canadian-American experimental low-temperature physicist
- Roger Spottiswoode (* 1945), film director
- Gordon Thomson (born 1945), film actor
- Danuta Gleed (1946–1996), writer
- John Michael Miller (* 1946), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver
- John Ralston Saul (born 1947), novelist and essayist
- Wayne Thomas (born 1947), ice hockey player
- Bob Rae (born 1948), politician
- Larry O'Brien (* 1949) politician
- Jean Potvin (born 1949), ice hockey player
- John Manley (born 1950), politician
1951-1960
- Fred Barrett (born 1950), ice hockey player
- Dan Aykroyd (born 1952), film actor
- Betsy Clifford (* 1953), ski racer
- Denis Potvin (* 1953), ice hockey player
- David Reddaway (* 1953), British diplomat
- Steven Glenwood MacLean (born 1954), astronaut
- Thomas Mulcair (* 1954), politician
- Timothy Sullivan (* 1954), composer and music teacher
- Dalton McGuinty (born 1955), politician
- Doug Wilson (born 1957), ice hockey player and official
- John Barrett (born 1958), ice hockey player
- Angela Hewitt (* 1958), pianist
- Tim Higgins (* 1958), ice hockey player and scout
- Mike Gartner (born 1959), ice hockey player
- John Ogrodnick (born 1959), ice hockey player
- Rick Vaive (born 1959), ice hockey player
- Stewart Gavin (* 1960), ice hockey player and scout
- Pierre Jubinville (* 1960), Roman Catholic religious and bishop
- Lise Meloche (* 1960), kayaker, cross-country skier and biathlete
- Robert J. Sawyer (* 1960), author
1961-1970
- Mike Bullard (born 1961), ice hockey player
- Horst Bulau (* 1962), ski jumper
- Jill Henselwood (* 1962), show jumper
- Thomas Cavanagh (born 1963), actor
- Paul Dewar (1963–2019), teacher and politician
- Claude Loiselle (* 1963), ice hockey player and official
- Doug Smith (born 1963), ice hockey player
- Jeff Capello (born 1964), ice hockey player
- Jim Kyte (born 1964), ice hockey player
- Bruce Cassidy (born 1965), ice hockey player and coach
- Kelly Rowan (born 1965), film actress
- Brian Walton (born 1965), racing cyclist
- Jeff Brown (born 1966), ice hockey player
- Donal Logue (born 1966), actor
- Jeff Waters (born 1966), rock musician
- DD Jackson (* 1967), jazz musician
- KC Martel (born 1967), actor
- Marc Potvin (1967–2006), ice hockey player
- Renn Crichlow (* 1968), canoeist
- Sue Foley (* 1968), blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
- Gordon Fraser (* 1968), racing cyclist
- Michael Geist (* 1968), legal scholar and blogger
- Geoffrey B. Greatrex (* 1968), ancient historian
- Luke Richardson (born 1969), ice hockey player
- Bettina Trabert (* 1969), chess grandmaster
- Rod Brind'Amour (* 1970), ice hockey player and coach
1971-1975
- Tom Green (born 1971), comedian
- Sean O'Donnell (born 1971), ice hockey player
- Shawn Rivers (born 1971), ice hockey player
- Vik Sahay (born 1971), actor
- Justin Trudeau (* 1971), politician and leader of the Liberal Party
- Virginie Besson-Silla (* 1972), French film producer
- Fred Brathwaite (born 1972), ice hockey player
- Pierre Dorion (* 1972), ice hockey official
- Ron Pasco (born 1972), ice hockey player
- Derek Armstrong (born 1973), ice hockey player
- Adrian Aucoin (1973), ice hockey player
- Matthew Barnaby (born 1973), ice hockey player
- David Cooper (born 1973), ice hockey player
- Brad Smyth (born 1973), ice hockey player
- Chris Lipsett (* 1974), ice hockey player
- Alanis Morissette (* 1974), Canadian-American singer and musician
- Stéphane Yelle (* 1974), ice hockey player
- Tyler Moss (born 1975), ice hockey player
- Jamie Rivers (* 1975), ice hockey player and coach
- Randy Robitaille (* 1975), ice hockey player
- Andre Savage (born 1975), ice hockey player
- Derek Shirley (* 1975), jazz bassist
- Steve Washburn (* 1975), ice hockey player
1976-1980
- Dan Boyle (born 1976), ice hockey player
- Sarah Chalke (* 1976), actress
- Nick Fraser (* 1976), jazz and improvisation musician
- Kristina Groves (* 1976), speed skater
- Greg Reain (* 1977), racing cyclist
- Marc Savard (* 1977), ice hockey player
- Rachel Wilson (born 1977), actress
- Matthew Bradley (born 1978), ice hockey player
- Andrew Dabeka (* 1978), badminton player
- Kathleen Edwards (* 1978), musician and singer
- Marc St. Jean (* 1978), ice hockey player
- Pat Kavanagh (born 1979), ice hockey player
- Pierre-Yves Martel (* 1979), musician
- Andrew Scheer (* 1979), politician
- Éric Beaudoin (* 1980), ice hockey player
- Sandra Keith (* 1980), biathlete
- Valérie Marcoux (* 1980), figure skater
- Dawn McEwen (* 1980), curler
- Justin Papineau (born 1980), ice hockey player
- Stephan Wojcikiewicz (* 1980), badminton player
1981-1990
- Jay Baruchel (* 1982), film actor
- Melanie Scrofano (* 1982), actress
- Drew Seeley (* 1982), actor and singer
- Brendan Bell (born 1983), ice hockey player
- Derek Roy (born 1983), ice hockey player
- Ben Eager (* 1984), ice hockey player
- Wallis Giunta (* 1985), opera singer and actress
- Marc Methot (* 1985), ice hockey player
- Trevor Smith (born 1985), ice hockey player
- Lisa Weagle (* 1985), curler
- Mark Fraser (* 1986), ice hockey player
- Nisha Kataria (* 1986), musician
- Jon Matsumoto (born 1986), ice hockey player
- Cody Sorensen (* 1986), bobsledder
- Michael Woods (* 1986), racing cyclist
- Jesse Levine (* 1987), Canadian-American tennis player
- Victor Bartley (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Jennifer Kish (* 1988), rugby player
- Philip Major (* 1988), racing driver
- Mark Borowiecki (* 1989), ice hockey player
- Paul Byron (* 1989), ice hockey player
- Dustin Cook (* 1989), ski racer
- Rachel Homan (* 1989), curler
- Emma Miskew (* 1989), curler
- Erica Wiebe (* 1989), wrestler
- Ivanie Blondin (* 1990), speed skater
- Patrick Chan (* 1990), figure skater
- Amanda Valentine (* 1990), Canadian-German figure skater
1991-2000
- Éric Gélinas (* 1991), ice hockey player
- Kirsten Kasper (* 1991), triathlete
- Kaitlyn Alexander (* 1992), actress and screenwriter
- Gabriela Dabrowski (* 1992), tennis player
- Erik Gudbranson (* 1992), ice hockey player
- Vanessa Morgan (born 1992), actress
- Jean-Gabriel Pageau (* 1992), ice hockey player
- Melinda Shankar (born 1992), actress
- Ryan Spooner (born 1992), ice hockey player
- Cody Ceci (* 1993), ice hockey player
- Melisa Ertürk (* 1993), Canadian soccer player of Turkish origin
- Vincent De Haître (* 1994), speed skater and track cyclist
- Andrew D'Souza (* 1994), badminton player
- MacKenzie Weegar (* 1994), ice hockey player
- Nicholas Baptiste (* 1995), ice hockey player
- Mikaela Tommy (* 1995), ski racer
- Isabelle Weidemann (* 1995), speed skater
- Katherine Maine (born 1997), cyclist
- Zion Kuwonu (* 1999), singer
Year of birth unknown
- Dean Franke , violinist
- Anthony Lemke , actor
- Spookey Ruben , musician
- Jacqueline Samuda , actress
Web links
Commons : People of Ottawa - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frank Amyot in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Clayton Kenny in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Renn Crichlow in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Rachel Wilson , imdb.com
- ↑ Valérie Marcoux in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Cody Sorensen in the database of Sports-Reference (English)